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Lohini Rathimohan, a former television journalist from Sri
Lanka, faces an unclear future. The 28-year-old is among 15 Tamil
refugees still sheltered in a single room of an aluminum factory at Dubai's
Jebel Ali port whose official statuses remain uncertain.

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Exiled Somali journalists living in Nairobi
were struck with disbelief this week when daily
newspapers published a statement by the Department
of Refugee Affairs ordering all Somali refugees to move to refugee camps.
"The refugees, particularly those living in urban centers, are contributing to
insecurity in the country," the statement read. The acting commissioner for
refugee affairs, Badu Katelo, said aid agencies including the U.N. High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) must stop providing aid to those outside the
camps.

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Paulo Pinheiro, the
chair of the International
Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic, is a
seasoned diplomat trained in the tradition of Brazil's foreign affairs
ministry, Itamaraty, with its celebrated emphasis on impartial mediation, dialogue,
and strong skepticism toward foreign intervention to resolve international
conflicts.

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This week, the Human Rights Committee of the U.N. High
Commissioner for Human Rights reviewed Ethiopia's compliance with the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, including its press freedom record. Peppered
with questions about an indefensible record of abuse--jailing the second largest number of journalists
in Africa and leading the continent in Internet
censorship--representatives of the Ethiopian government responded
with cursory talking points and bold denials in contradiction of the facts.